Bedstead-slat lock



NITED STATES REAZIN DAVIDGE MARTIN,

BEDSTEAD- OF PRINCETON, KENTUCKY.

SLAT LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 386,022, dated July 10, 1888.

Application filed March 13, 1898. Serial No. 267,119. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, REAZIN DAVIDGE MAR TIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Princeton, in the county of Caldwell and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedstead-Slat Locks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying draw ings. and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The special objectof theinvention is to lock bedstead-slats to the rails in a more convenient, strong, and durable manner than has been done heretofore; and it consists in the particular relative construction of a rail-casting and a slat-casting. as hereinafter described.

Figure l of the drawings is an elevation in perspective, showing the rail of a bedstead locked to the slat by my new castings; Fig. 2, an elevation in perspective of one of my castings applied to the side rail. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the side-rail casting, and Fig. 4 a plan view of the slat-casting.

' In the drawings, A represents the side rail, and B one of the slats, ofa bedstead, while 0 D are my castings, made of malleable metal. The rail-casting G is formed of two parallel straps, c 0, each provided with the right-angled flange c to overlap the top of rail. The casting G has also the bottom projections, 0" c",

' carrying squared studs 0 c, and the cross-st rip 0, having on the middle of its under side the bearing or supporting piece 0 D is my slat-casting, formed of two straps, d d, end-connected by the strap d and provided with the corner holes, d" d, which receive the studs 0 0 of the rail-casting. The end of the slat then rests upon the cross-strip c and the projections c.

The castings O D are provided with suitable holes, through which screws may be applied to fasten them to the rail and slat, and there may also be countersinks for the heads of the screws. I prefer to rabbet the rails and slats, so that the castings may be flush with the faces thereof.

What I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-' The slat-casting D, consisting of the straps d (I, connected at one end by the strap d, and provided with the corner holes, (1 (1 in combination with the rail-casting 0, having two parallel straps, c 0, provided with right-angled flanges c, and the bottom projections, c, carrying upwardly-projecting studs 0 and the cross-strip 0, having the middle bearing, 0 as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

REAZIN DAVIDGE MARTIN.

\Vitnesses:

JNo. B. WADLINGTON, B. R. PICKERING. 

